[ 2nd part of the reflection on the scientific and the "third culture". Click here for Part I [4]. December 12, 2013.]

My previous post, The third culture or CP Snow Revisited [5], addressed the rift between science and the humanities, and I ended by saying that he had not only build bridges between the two, but propose a new cultural map.

As worth exploring, I mentioned the "third culture" of John Brockman [6], which defines the term [7] based on the text The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution of CP Snow: "The" third culture "refers to scientists and other thinkers empirical world who, through their work and writings take the place traditionally occupied by intellectuals, and put forward the deep meaning of your lives, redefining who and what we are "[translation by the author].

Brockman therefore refers to these scientists, intellectuals, from the vast body of empirical knowledge developed in the 20th century, not only the rethinking howthe world but play leapfrog over disciplinary fences.Consider, for example, Jared Diamond [8] and historical geography, or the sociologist Nicholas Christakis [9] and its reflection on the science of social connections [10]. But you could also attach the Michel Serres, Joel De Rosnay, Ilya Prigogine, Henri Atlan, etc....